Percy Penguin was invited to a film premier.Find out more about Amberol's range of bins.

 

The city of Birmingham is a busy urban community which has a rising population of over one million, with one third of the populace belonging to an ethnic group other than white. As the nation’s second largest city, Birmingham Parks and Nurseries DSO has a substantial task on its hands ...

 

Talking rubbish bins are being installed in schools and nurseries across the UK to encourage children to dispose of their litter properly. The bins, which have been developed by British company Amberol (www.amberol.co.uk), can be programmed to respond with a message every time litter is put into them. Greetings can ...

 

The UK’s first singing rubbish bins, which are being installed on the streets of Liverpool this week (13th October), were made right here in Derbyshire. Alfreton based company Amberol supplied the bins, which feature the voice of Mike McCartney, formerly of The Scaffold, as part of a nationwide initiative to ...

 

Amberol has just won its second large export order to India. Whilst many companies are fighting cheap imports from Asian countries to the UK, Derbyshire company Amberol is exporting a range of its horticultural products to an importer based in ...

 

We thought you'd enjoy our video taken at the world-renowned Chelsea Flower show:

 

Birmingham City Council has been awarded silver at the Chelsea Flower Show this week. The garden, which was put together on behalf of the city’s Parks and Nurseries department by Mike Hinton and team was entitled ‘The Plight ...

 

The low rainfall and higher than average temperatures that most of the UK has experienced so far this spring has seen the popularity of self watering containers soar. Many gardeners, grounds people and councils looking for ways to conserve water whilst ...

 

Are floral displays a waste of public money or an important part of community identity? John Williamson of Amberol examines the arguments for maintaining communal displays in our urban environments and looks at ways of cutting costs in these ...

 

Amberol have unveiled their latest self watering product, the ‘Ambarrel’.  It is an environmentally friendly self watering container that makes it impossible to over water bedding plants.. Two years in development and testing, the ‘Ambarrel’ is a replica barrel made from ...